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ESBL – how easily transmittable?
Dear expert team, Many thanks for hinting to the previous questions on ESBL. I already read their answers, but would appreciate it if my question was answered nevertheless. I am particularly interested to know how easily ESBL is transmittable (to our daughter’s grandparents, who are at the ...
14.01.2013
Mycobacterium simiae
My daughter has been receiving ceftazidime and amikacin, followed by meropenem and amikacin and clarythromycin 500 mg bid. Because of gastrointestinal side effects, the dose of clarythromycin was recently reduced but my daughter had to stop this treatment due to these side effects. Is there another ...
14.01.2013
ESBL
My son was born 2 months premature and he was coloniaed ESBL whilst in the NICCU ICU. He has since been moved to a regional hospital where he isolated from the other babies in the nursery. I was told today by infections control that I have most likely contracted ESBL from my son as I breast ...
10.01.2013
Great concern – requesting an answer
Dear expert team, A friend of mine has CF. She now has the following germs in her sputum: high counts of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Burkh. gladioli, Enterobacter, Candida albicans, and masses of Haemophilus parainfluenzae. The Burkh. gladioli had been detected often before. The Pseudomonas is new. ...
08.01.2013
shake hands
I have Cystic Fibrosis. Is it better not to shake hands during the winter months (e.g. birthdays)? Will I get less sick that way?
15.11.2012
Scedosporium
We just discovered my 12 years old CF son had Scedosporium. His FEV1 went down to 80%. Is there a treatment against this fungus to help recover his FEV1, that was always 100%? I am worried.
15.11.2012
staphyloccocus aureus
My 5-moth-old son has cystic fibrosis and my aunt was infected with Staphylococcus aureus during a hospital stay several years ago. Today my aunt is a carrier of Staphylococcus aureus in wounds, spots... Can my son visit her or is it too contagious? how does this bacteria transmit? Can they be ...
15.11.2012
Carbapenems
On the internet I read articles highlighting the resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against carbapenems. Still they are used in patients with cystic fibrosis to reduce the Pseudomonas aeruginosa (like they do with my daughter). Could you say something meaningful about this?
05.11.2012
simia
I would like to know what influence has the bacteria simia on cystic fibrosis
05.11.2012
Traces of Staphylococcus?
What does "traces of staphylococcus" exactly means? Thank you for the answer.
29.10.2012
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